Citrix SD-WAN

Palo Alto Networks firewall integration on SD-WAN 1100 platform

Citrix SD-WAN supports hosting Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Virtual Machine (VM)-Series Firewall on the SD-WAN 1100 platform. The following are the supported virtual machine models:

  • VM 50
  • VM 100

The Palo Alto Network virtual machine series firewall runs as a virtual machine on SD-WAN 1100 platform. The firewall virtual machine is integrated in Virtual Wire mode with two data virtual interfaces connected to it. Required traffic can be redirected to the firewall virtual machine by configuring policies on SD-WAN.

For information on how to provision the firewall virtual machine through SD-WAN Orchestrator service, see Hosted firewalls.

Benefits

The following are the primary goals or benefits of Palo Alto Networks integration on the SD-WAN 1100 platform:

  • Branch device consolidation: A single appliance that does both SD-WAN and advanced security.

  • Branch office security with on-prem NGFW (Next Generation Firewall) to protect LAN-to-LAN, LAN-to-Internet, and Internet-to-LAN traffic.

Firewall virtual machine provisioning through SD-WAN appliance GUI

On SD-WAN platform, provision and boot up the hosted virtual machine. Perform the following steps for provisioning:

  1. From Citrix SD-WAN GUI, navigate to Configuration > expand Appliance Settings > select Hosted Firewall.

  2. Upload the software image:
    • Select the Software Images tab. Select the Vendor name as Palo Alto Networks.
    • Choose the software image file.
    • Click Upload.

    SW image upload

    Note

    Maximum of two software image can be uploaded. Uploading of the Palo Alto Networks virtual machine image might take longer time depending on the bandwidth availability.

    You can see a status bar to track the upload process. The file detail reflects, once the image is uploaded successfully. The image that is used for provisioning cannot be deleted. Do not perform any action or go back to any other page until the image file shows 100% uploaded.

  3. For provisioning, select Hosted Firewalls tab and click Provision button.

    Hosted firewall provision

  4. Provide the following details for provisioning.

    • Vendor Name: Select the Vendor as Palo Alto Networks.
    • Virtual Machine Model: Select the virtual machine model number from the list.
    • Image File Name: Select the Image file.
    • Panorama Primary IP Address/Domain Name: Provide the Panorama primary IP address or fully qualified domain name (Optional).
    • Panorama Secondary IP Address/Domain Name: Provide the Panorama secondary IP address or fully qualified domain name (Optional).
    • Virtual Machine Authentication Key: Provide the virtual machine authentication key (Optional).

      Virtual Machine Authentication Key is needed for automatic registration of the Palo Alto Networks virtual machine to the Panorama.

    • Authentication Code: Enter the authentication code (virtual machine license code) (Optional).
    • Click Apply.

    Hosted firewall

  5. Click Refresh to get the latest status. After the Palo Alto Networks virtual machine is completely bootup, it will reflect on the SD-WAN UI with the operations Log detail.

    Opt log detail

    • Admin State: Indicates if the virtual machine is up or down.
    • Processing State: Datapath processing state of the virtual machine.
    • Packet Sent: Packets sent from SD-WAN to the security virtual machine.
    • Packet Received: Packets received by SD-WAN from the security virtual machine.
    • Packet Dropped: Packets dropped by SD-WAN (for example, when the security virtual machine is down).
    • Device Access: Click the link to get the GUI access to the security virtual machine.

You can Start, Shutdown, and Deprovision the virtual machine as needed. Use Click Here option to access the Palo Alto Networks virtual machine GUI or use your management IP along with 4100 port (management IP: 4100).

Note Always use incognito mode to access the Palo Alto Networks GUI.

Palo Alto Networks firewall integration on SD-WAN 1100 platform